Weather-strip.



F. W. BAXIENDALE.

WEATHER STRIP.

AIPLIGATION FILED 'UNB26,1912.

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Patnd Nov. 11, 1913.

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in dcaci'iiiii'igj die inwinnen in finden, Teil eiefnce. .inni io to:memnpnnymg drawn :in iiiic cil "icm o'" reoconce .ei'ioio cowmponding:in the sieve 'nl views. @nid in iwiii'oiim Figure i n ii'ie cicvnliionci.: ifi'ie ion'e' portion of the ifooi" showing iin@ 'invention opined.e oriio'ii oif :mid door being broken :iu-17V 'to einen 'the reinwc.iocmon and the door, j e. den 'View .iE who@ ie snown in and, Q. if.'eifwe'tioi'i of ne n the dmwinoe ionib fet/ent. nen'cd Nov. ji, L 913.Serial No. 706,999.

and weii known construction. The lower edge o the dooi i is providedwith a gimme '1&3 'for d purpose ibut Will preentijy rippen?. TheWeather' strip Ashown as compl-innig o U-sin1pcd pinto A including.eprsced :unis 13 and 1.4iemd an arm connecting); poiion The nri'nconnecting poitiion 15 oi' 'ie plinio A is o? iess width than the :wine1? and lzmd one side of said nvm conneding portion is ffisposed, inregistration wiel-'1 the f zoiesponding side edges of Hna mins 13 andlili 'While the other Side odg@ of Suid :nin connecting' portion is diposed inwaidiy of thefcoriesponding side edges of the nuns 1.3 and' 14%,said insb named ff le odge of the arm connecting portion bel indicated:it 16. The arms 1.3 and 14 are n provided ai'. their lower endsoutwardly of ilse odge lo of the ni'rn connecting portion wiii imviu'diydireoted ears 17 and 18 disposed in spooed reintiion fo the edge 16 andinving their outermost side edges integrietmtion wiii iie correspondingside edges of i'e-spec'ive: arms lnnd le. Formed 0n iii farm connectingportion L5 et the edge 16 'ilereoif we spaced eers 'i9 rind 20 which nrenent upward I at cigni, Singles to the m connecting pox-tion.

The urine 13, and 'i4 fire provided with :dined openingljfs 21 und 22respectively in wiiii'il is eiidnblymounted n. bm? 23. The end of Hicimi' 22" slidobie -in the opening Q1 is; i-edinfeffi co foi-in nshoulder Q4 :md :L bear ing' cisne if; S v' ined agonist the inner faceUV J" A spring 26 ensfireies the reine :win 13. duced end of *die bei'23 und one end of this eign-inicimwe against'. The Shoulder 251 While"ibo anbei' end. thereof' engages the bearing; The end o! iii@ bnrremote from ring QG is inended :is et 27 :md enn on this; tinfei'idedend of the bei" is a .ozlf nui; 2,3% and n fsiecve 29. '.ihis Sleeve 29projects mzwmdiy of the al1-n1 lei and muy in ndjnsi'ei on theiin'cznfis Q7 so .that o, .jifeuer or less icngn of eeove is disposedonwzniiij-,f of? Hic zu'in 11i, the not Q8 Serving lo ioci: Mie siee eagonist rotation on the tiiieinls; 2'? ao? said sleeve has been adjustedin e. deSired nimmer.

Pivoted on the ears 19 and 2.0 respectiveiy angle ievei'n 3() and Si,coiI-eeponding ,de of which hitter are pivotaliy connected io the Porn'21:5 so #bei the i'ecipl'ocaion `of the .inkten will. rock Said anglelevers. The other eine :spending ends of ehe 'angle ieves 30 f Sii ' armconnecting portion 15. T he lower edge of the strip Se is provided witha layer of rubber so as to assure a weather tight joint between thestrip 34 and the threshold of the door when Said strip is movedoutwardly of the arm connecting portion 15 into engagement with thethreshold.

In applying the device to the door 10 the lower end of'the door isemoraced by the plate A and the arms 13 and 14: countersunk in andsecured to respective vside edges of the door, the groove 12 serving toreceive the bar QBQangle levers 30 and 31, strip 32 and ears 19 and 20.The end of the bar 23 which carries the sleeve Q9 is disposed adjacentthe hinged side of the door 10 so that the projecting portion of thesleeve 29 will engage a suitable plate 35 on the jamb 11 as the door isclosed and result in the bar 23 being moved against the influence of thespring 26 so as to force the layer of rubber 35 into engagement with thethreshold. As

` the door is opened the spring 26 will automatically move the bar 23 todraw the strip 34- illid layer Of rubber 35 inwardly of the armconnecting portion 15 in the manner previously referred to. By adjustingthe Sleeve 29 on the bar 23 it will be apparent that greater or lessmovement'may be' imparted to the strip 34 as the door is closed so as torender the device applicable irrespective of the distance of the loweredge of the door freni the threshold.

What is claimed is:

As an article of manufacture, a weather strip comprising a. U-shapedbody plate,'one side ofthe bght thereof being provided with pairs ofslits and the portion between each pair being bent upwardly to providelugs, a plate, the bight portion of the body plate being longitudinallyslitted to receive the second plate, angle levers pivoted at their angleportions to the lugs and pivoted to the second plate a bar havingreduced ends loosely passed through the arms of the body plate, thelevers being pivoted also to said `bar and an expansible spring disposedabout one reduced end and bearing against the main end and against thearm of the plate. In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature, 1npresence of two Witnesses.

FREDRICK lV. BAXENDALE.

